from problems to solutions

1. testing the previous design

2. creating a better design based on results

After user testing the previous designs, I came up with solutions to make the redesign more intuitive & user friendly.

User Goals / features

The site needed a design for Persona A;the teacher, and persona B; the student.

For the sake of keeping this to a minimum, I will focus on Persona A, the teacher, and the "projects" section.

Teachers Goals for Classroom Projects:

1. I want to have the ability to create a project overview that is easily editable.

2. I want to addresources for my students that can include articles, videos, presentations, graphs, etc. (with easy option to edit, delete).

3. I want to add specific assignments per each project (with easy option to edit, delete).

4. I want tograde students on each assignment per project, and have an overall average score (with an easy option to edit, delete).

5. I want to easily be able to jump from resources, to assignments, to grading-- and know where I am without any confusion.

6. I want to share a project with (1) a classroom, or (2) more than one classroom.

7. I want to have a view of all my projects, and easily jump to and from individual projects.

A/B Testing Different Designs

I tested the top two designs on 10 different users to see which one was more intuitive and user friendly.

Design A: Divided into sections with a Top nav

Design B: All in one with a Side Nav

results: Design b is the winner

Why?

1. Users felt Design A felt emptier than B.

2. They liked the idea that all the content in B was in front of them / Content felt more connected in one place.

3. It was easy & intuitive to jump to different sections in B.

The prototype

to Interact with the prototype yourself, click here & follow these tasks:

1. Projects

- Open the project titled "Under the Sea"

2. Existing Project; "Under the Sea"

(Note: The sidebar should stay static on scroll, but due to restrictions with invision's platform, it's not in the prototype.)

- Use Sidebar to jump to different sections of the Page

- Assign a Classroom > Keep Original Classrooms

- Edit Privacy > Cancel

- Add a Resource > Done

- Hover over banner, description, and goals to see how you can edit

- Hover over first resource to see how you can edit

- Hover over first assignment to see how you can edit

- Hover over first classroom in the "grading" section to see how you can edit

- Jump back to the top

- Go back to the main "Projects" section

3.Projects

- Create a new project & fill out all the steps

Takeaways & Next Steps

With more time, I'd test this product on an actual classroom (the teacher & it's students) over a period of time, where a few projects could be created & interacted with. I'd want to make sure that we aren't any missing any relevant possible features, and validate that it made teaching & learning a great experience.